Baby's heart rate

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avanaria wrote:

Today I went to my monthly check up.. I'm 18.5 weeks along. Baby's heart rate is 140. At my 6 week ultrasound it was 176, 12 weeks was 155, 14 weeks was 144 and today was 140. Anyone else notice a "drop" in babies heart rate and if so I'm curious if you've found out the gender of the baby? They say under 140 is a boy!

it's a myth but has been true for both .y pregnancies so far! My girl never went under 160. this one hangs out around 130-140. even drops to 120s when sleeping. it was also true for all 5 of my mom's kids. also, it's very normal for it to drop as you get farther along.

I think the heart rate theory is in regards to once you are in labor. I was supposed to be a boy, but when my mom went into labor and they checked my heart rate, the nurse told my mom I was a girl and sure enough I was (obviously).

The brain at this stage is regulating the heart rate so it's going to be lower. My dr said 140-160 is in a great range. She said cannot predict gender based on heart rate... but go with your gut instinct moms are usually right ;)

Same here! The farther along I am getting, the lower the heart rate is.

I am now a little over 18 weeks and yesterday it was 142. A couple weeks ago it was over 155. I bought heart Doppler so I monitor it every couple days. I did read it can change through out the day, depending on activities, food eaten, etc..... Also I read the farther along you are, it tends to slow down.

I also heard anything under 150 is a boy. All my gender predictions are saying boy, but we are being suprised.